Outline

Jasmine Foster

Breast Cancer Outline

Thesis Statement: Breast cancer, however, it remains one of the major concerns in the medical field today, mainly because it has many forms and happens to strike a large number of women and some men.

I. Introduction

Breast cancer occurs when a malignant (cancerous) tumor originates in the breast. As breast cancer tumors mature, they may metastasize (spread) to other parts of the body. The primary route of metastasis is the lymphatic system which, ironically enough, is also the body's primary system for producing and transporting white blood cells and other cancer-fighting immune system cells throughout the body. Metastasized cancer cells that aren't destroyed by the lymphatic system's white blood cells move through the lymphatic vessels and settle in remote body locations, forming new tumors and perpetuating the disease process.

II. Cancer as the disease of the twentieth century

A. Definition of cancer

B. Statistics on cancer victims

III. The nature of breast cancer

A. Breast cancer as a leading cause of death among women

B. Types of breast cancer

1. In situ cancers

2. Invasive cancer

3. Inflammatory cancers

IV. Causes of breast cancer

A. The heredity factor

B. Menstruation and age

C. The diet relationship

V. Treatment of breast cancer

A. Detection of the cancer

B. Therapy methods

C. Coping with consequences of surgery

VI. Conclusion

The twentieth century has often been called as the cancer century. This is because more than a because more than a hundred types of cancer have been discovered in this century, and secondly, because enormous medical efforts were made to fight all kinds of cancers all over the world. In the early decades of the century, cancer was considered to be a fatal disease, and although many cancers remain fatal, medical therapy has developed significantly over the years such that most cancers can be treated and cured. After...